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'''Classicism''', a movement in [[art]], based on antique and Renaissance heritage. It lasted roughly from 1600 until 1800. As a movement classicism looked back to [[the arts]] of the classic period ([[pagan]] [[Greece]] and [[Rome]]) and sought inspiration there. <ref> Art History Database [http://wwar.com/masters/movements/classicism.html]</ref> | '''Classicism''', a movement in [[art]], based on antique and Renaissance heritage. It lasted roughly from 1600 until 1800. As a movement classicism looked back to [[the arts]] of the classic period ([[pagan]] [[Greece]] and [[Rome]]) and sought inspiration there. <ref> Art History Database [http://wwar.com/masters/movements/classicism.html]</ref> | ||
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Classicism, a movement in art, based on antique and Renaissance heritage. It lasted roughly from 1600 until 1800. As a movement classicism looked back to the arts of the classic period (pagan Greece and Rome) and sought inspiration there. [1]
Nicolas Poussin, The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus.
